2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glen Waverley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glen Waverley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a common sight in Glen Waverley, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most areas, reflecting a community where many people live together in family groups rather than alone.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Glen Waverley — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Almost 30% of homes house two people, while 22.2% hold four. Only 18.1% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
18.1% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Glen Waverley, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 65.8%. One-parent families account for 11.3%, which is a little below the state figure of 13.3%.
11.3% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glen Waverley, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Glen Waverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21013/glen-waverley/topic/family-households